Artists see the Internet as a way to reaching both current and potential fans. They create MySpace pages or blogs in order to get in touch with their audience. In 2001, Apple created iTunes Music Store, in which you can download music from almost any label for a nominal fee. This was the first legal downloading service. Large labels were wary and frustrated about this new deal. They argued about how much songs should be priced. Some favored this service because copyright on the songs were protected due to the fact that a certain number of computers would be able to copy the song.
The problem today is that no one wants to have to pay for music. There are so many illegal websites and services in which you can download music fro free. Artists say that they are basically getting ripped off for their music because of these sites. They put a copyright on their songs and therefore people should pay for them. Vuze and Limewire make it easy for people to obtain the songs they want. While some people use it for their own personal use, others use it to sell CDs or video, which creates copyright infringement. The problem today is how to filter out the bad users from the good ones. Firstly, they would have to be able to catch them. With all the sites available, it is very hard to keep track of all the corruption going on with copyright issues. Another problem is to make sure that artists get reimbursed for radio and Internet play. They need to try to forestall piracy of digital recordings over the Internet. I do not believe they will ever completely get rid of this problem, especially with the new ways to download songs for free that keep becoming available.
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